Sebastes pinniger
Body color: Olive-gray w/ bright orange, fins orange. (Also see above underwater photo.)
Peritoneum color: light Shape between eyes: convex
Counts: D:XIII,13-16, Ar:7, P1:16-18, GR:40-45, LLp:39-47, LLs:43-50, V:26
Occurence: Gulf of Alaska - Baja California
Depth: 50-425 meters Size: 76 cm Species code: 30410
Similar species:
Vermilion rockfish - body and fins red; underside of lower jaw rough w/ exposed scales (jaw smooth in Canary RF); gillrakers 35-43 (41-45 in Canary RF)
Yelloweye rockfish - head spines rugose; body orange-red to orange-yellow w/out olive-gray mottling; anal-fin margin rounded
Rougheye rockfish, Shortraker rockfish, and Blackgill rockfish - body red w/ various black mottling; 0-8 spines below eye; anal-fin margin perpendicular